For the first book of the History & Heritage Book Club, we will be reading Swede Hollow - A Novel by Ola Larsmo (Translated by Tiina Nunnally).
This fiction/Scandinavian book is about Gustaf and Anna Klar and their three children who dream of starting over when they leave Sweden for New York, finally settling in a cluster of rough-hewn shacks in a deep, wooded ravine on the edge of St. Paul, Minnesota.
This haunting story of a real place echoes the larger challenges of immigration in the twentieth century and today.
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Gammelgården Museum is launching a new program in 2025, History & Heritage Book Club!
From May through December 2025, we will be exploring 8 books related to Nordic history and heritage; and Swedish lifestyles and traditions. There are both fiction and non-fiction books; and authors from the United States and Sweden.
Join others book lovers every first Friday of the month from 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM. (Note: July’s book club meeting will be held on the second Friday of July due to the 4th of July holiday.)
The History & Heritage Book Club will be held at Gammelgården Museum at 20880 Olinda Trail North, Scandia, MN 55073. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with others in the community who love to read and want to discover some great books!
2025 Book List:
May – Swede Hollow by Ola Larsmo - *F
June – The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson McGurk - *N
July – The Lagom Life – A Swedish Way of Living by Elisabeth Carlsson - *N
August – The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle - N
September – Giants in the Earth – A Saga of the Prairie by O.E. Rölvaag - F
October – My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman - *F
November - The Rocks Will Echo Our Sorrow – The Forced Displacement of the Northern Sámi by Elin Anna Labba - *N
December – The Palace of the Snow Queen – Winter Travels in Lapland and Sápmi by Barbara Sjoholm - N
* - Swedish, Sámi, or Swedish-American author
F – Fiction
N – Non-Fiction
Email:
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Phone: (651) 433-5053
Facebook Group: History & Heritage Book Club
You may also like the following events from Gammelgården Museum of Scandia:
- This Saturday, 3rd May, 10:00 am, Gammelgården Museum's 2025 Season Opening Event in Scandia
- This Saturday, 3rd May, 10:00 am, Artists, Crafters, & Vendors Fair in Scandia
- This Saturday, 3rd May, 01:00 pm, Fashion in the 1800s Presented by the Living History Society of Minnesota in Scandia
Also check out other
Arts events in Scandia,
Literary Art events in Scandia,
Meetups in Scandia.
